WSH Case Studies -Metal Working Industry

What is WSH Case Studies

WSH Case Studies is a free resources for various groups from management and safety professionals to supervisors and workers for improving WSH practices .

It offers insights to past  accidents that have taken place in Singapore. The case studies not only provide lessons learnt for the industry, but more importantly, they remind us to actively review our current practices and continually find ways to make our workplaces safer. Readers are encouraged to carefully think through each case, review its relevancy and context to specific workplace situations, and incorporate the lessons learnt where appropriate.

WSH Case Studies - Metal Working Industry

Machine Operation

Case 1 Aluminium strip pierces a worker’s neck 

Case 2 Worker’s palm gets crushed 

Case 3 Worker’s thumb gets severed 

Machine Maintenance and Troubleshooting

Case 4 Worker pinned by a steel object 

Case 5 Worker gets killed by a steel mesh machine 

Case 6 Worker falls through an opening 

Case 7 Worker’s two fingers get severed 

Case 8 Worker’s two fingers get crushed 

Material Handling

Case 9 Worker killed by a toppling object 

Case 10 Worker’s ring finger gets severed 

Forklift Operation

Case 11 Worker gets pinned under an overturned forklift 

Case 12 Supervisor killed by falling angle bars 

Case 13 Supervisor killed by a collapsing shelter 

Lifting Operation

Case 14 Lorry crane driver gets pinned under H-piles 

Case 15 Worker is pinned between a gantry crane and a building column

Case 16 Worker gets killed by toppled scaffold frames 

Case 17 Worker falls and gets crushed by an electrical distribution box

Case 18 Worker’s fourth finger gets partially amputated 

Case 19 Worker’s middle finger gets partially amputated 

Case 20 Worker loses his left little finger 

Material Storage

Case 21 Store assistant falls off a cantilever rack 

Case 22 Worker is crushed by toppling steel beams 

Case 23 Worker falls from a stack of platform beam trusses 

Other Cases

Case 24 Worker falls from a stepladder 

Case 25 Worker killed by a ruptured pressure receiver 

Case 26 Worker gets electrocuted while removing an extension cord

Case 27 Worker crushed by a toppling stiffener plate 

Case 28 Worker is pinned under a toppled I-beam 

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